Indie Advocate

Loft Tenant, Action Artist, Writer, Musician, Photographer / IATSE Local 52 Electrician

[Indie Advocate @RaphieFrank]

@bdlimm Pragmatically if the unions could be persuaded to push their collective boundaries on certain issues it would go a long way. But that's obviously a tough sell and a tough balance because "we" (me being a union member) have a sizable conservative population...

[IATSE // #IASolidarity @IATSE]

Two can play at that game, Disney!

[Rebecca Garrard @garrar26]

HUGE WIN for @citizenactionny members, all Kingston tenants, and tenants throughout NY!!!

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

BREAKING: A DC federal appeals court has just ruled that Donald Trump does NOT have presidential immunity from a lawsuit being brought by police officers for his role on January 6th. More terrible news for Donald Trump, but great news for justice & accountability.

[The NYS Tenant Bloc @TenantBloc]

If negligent landlords like Daniel Ohebshalom are unable to take care of their buildings, then it's time to give them over to the tenants.

Our state must pass the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act and give these homes back to the community.

[Indie Advocate @RaphieFrank]

@garrar26 Ironically it seems the owner was trying to make repairs. All the same, in general, not addressing such immediately hazardous violations is a well known tactic owners use to try to vacate buildings, getting the City to do the dirty work for them.

[Preet Bharara @PreetBharara]

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[The NYS Tenant Bloc @TenantBloc]

Today 100s of tenants from across NY are gathering in Harlem to chart a path towards housing for all.

We couldn't be doing this w/o our partners in labor. Thanks @1199SEIU & @UAWRegion9A for making our convention possible!

Tenant power = worker power https://t.co/YXOt6avSRp

[IATSE // #IASolidarity @IATSE]

Every American worker should have a free and fair choice to join a union.

RT if you agree.

[Rebecca Garrard @garrar26]

Not a moment too soon!! Long overdue.

[NY AG James @NewYorkStateAG]

Last week, Donald Trump's counsel attempted and failed to discredit our entire case.

When you have built an empire on falsehoods, the truth is your only enemy, and we will continue to present the truth in court.
https://t.co/P4OVTWHjmd

[Indie Advocate @RaphieFrank]

@OccupyDemocrats Love what you do @occupydemocrats but every post of yours including overwrought hyperbole laced language (i.e. Devastating” “stunning”… etc.) is not helpful to the cause of fighting overwrought hyperbole in politics.

@bdlimm @garrar26

[Julia Salazar (@juliasalazar on bluesky) @JuliaCarmel__]

People from outside of my district, who really love war and are furious that I won't fall in line with their jingoistic support for it, are now calling me to threaten and harass me & my staff.

Let me be clear: We will not be intimidated into silence by right-wing reactionaries.

[Indie Advocate @RaphieFrank]

RIP Ryan Carson. You will not be forgotten even by those you never met.

[Julia Salazar (@juliasalazar on bluesky) @JuliaCarmel__]

Reading many beautiful tributes to Ryan Carson today as I reflect on this shocking, horrific news of his death.

Ryan's compassion was evident in everything he did. My fondest memory is of a night out we spent together with friends in Albany last year.

We all stayed up late in conversation, into the early morning, and Ryan walked me to my apartment at the time to make sure I was safe. A simple gesture that came to mind when I learned of the unbelievable circumstances of his death.

I learned a lot from Ryan in a short time. I'm better for having known him, as so many of us are. Let us dedicate ourselves to continuing his life's work, cut short far too soon: to harm reduction; to humane drug policy; to creating a more caring society for all of us. 🖤

[Phara Souffrant Forrest @phara4assembly]

We gonna look so cute while shredding paper!!

[Indie Advocate @RaphieFrank]

@JuliaCarmel__ Stay safe.

[Jessica Ramos @jessicaramosqns]

Notably absent from this announcement are the inclusions of any labor standards. Know why? Because there are none.

NY should not be in the business of subsidizing poverty wages as part of our strategy for tackling the affordability crisis.

[IATSE // #IASolidarity @IATSE]

UPDATE: We have reached a tentative agreement with the Broadway League/Disney Theatrical on the “Pink Contract,” pending ratification by the bargaining unit.

[Mark Hamill @MarkHamill]

For Harrison: 🎂

❤️ from your pal forever

[Matthew D. Loeb @matthewloeb]

It's plain as day who our allies are.

We stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our @sagaftra & @WGAEast / @WGAWest kin.

My full statement in support of SAG-AFTRA and the Writers: